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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	3,228

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.